Corrego, chief and missionary
interpreter.
_Rice Lake Chippewas_.--In 1818 the greater part of the Newcastle and
Colburn districts were surrendered, for an annuity of 940_l_. These Indians
have all been reclaimed from their wandering life, and settled in their
present locations, within the last ten or twelve years. [Footnote: I think
G. Copway is incorrect as to the date of the settling of the village, as it
was pointed out to me in 1832. Note,--In the year 1822 the larger part
of the Indian village on Anderson's Point was built and cultivated.]
The settlement is on the north side of the lake, twelve miles from
Peterborough. Number of Indians, 114; possessing 1,550 acres, subdivided in
50-acre lots.
Chiefs--Pondash, Copway, Crow.
Deer were plenty a few years ago, but now only few can be found. The
Ojebwas are at present employed in farming instead of hunting; many of them
have good and well-cultivated farms; they not only raise grain, enough, for
their own use, but often sell much to the whites.
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